An opposing football fan who punched a Binos supporter after a match at Forthbank was this week fined £400.
Stranraer fan Andrew Kane had admitted a charge of carrying out an assault to injury on March 26 this year.
Stirling Sheriff Court had been told that the complainer and his sons had been watching the Stirling Albion-Stranraer match that day.
As the family walked back towards their car at 4.55pm a group of Stranraer fans, which included the accused, approached them in the car park.
Kane then stepped forward and punched the complainer on the left cheek.
He tried to defend himself, pushing the accused away.
Kane tried to punch the complainer again, but the Binos fan managed to push the accused away.
As a result of the attack the complainer had a slight bruise to his cheek.
When the matter called at Stirling Sheriff Court on Wednesday this week Kane’s agent told Sheriff James MacDonald that her client had shown remorse for his actions and appreciated it was not the way to behave. She pointed out that he earned £2000 per month and was willing to pay a fine.
Sheriff MacDonald told 21-year-old Kane, of East Kilbride – whose sentence had previously been deferred for good behaviour – that the matter was not a trivial one.
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He told him: “Football clubs in the lower leagues rely on the attendance of families at these matches.
“They struggle to make ends meet and have difficulty keeping people attending regularly.”
Sheriff MacDonald noted that Kane had already been banned from attending football grounds for six months.
And referring to a minor road traffic matter, he told Kane that since he had been of good behaviour, to an extent, during that time he would impose a fine.
Kane was fined £400 plus a £20 surcharge. The sum was payable at a rate of £100 per month.
